Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

i started with fc5 when my windowz box fataly crashed and i didnt wanna pay for repairs to an operating system that i didnt like, so i bought an fc5 magazine in a local bookstore. since the release of fc6, thats what ive been using. i am open to suggestions to what other distro i could use. BTW:i mostly use my box for gaming or multimedia....(and h4x0ring)

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

I started using *nix on Ubuntu, then tried out Gentoo for a little while, however i didn't rely like it so i went back to ubuntu for the user-freindlyness (word?). Since then i have been experimenting with FreeBSD which has been fun, and a great learning experience.

Edited March 1, 2007 by byte

0

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

The only ones I like enough to use daily are Debian and OpenBSD because you can customize the shit out of them or leave them stock and they still suit my needs. I run Gentoo on my main laptop (which I love) but I rarely use it on my days off.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

I use Ubuntu for my day to day use. I like it because it just works and don't have to mess around with too much to get it to work. Sometimes you need something that just functions. For a secondary OS I use Mandriva. And when I really want to explore the power of UNIX/Linux and get down to the nuts and bolts so to speak, there is Slackware and the BSDs.

Edited March 2, 2007 by eldiablo

0

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Debian first, for its package manager. Damn Small Linux second, for its portability. Xubuntu third, for its hardware detection. I almost always use Debian for school work (minus VB .NET) and entertainment (email,media,irc).

Xubuntu Live CD comes in handy to test out new computers. I go to this local computer repair shop and when I am looking at lappys I pop in Xubuntu and see if it will at least boot Linux. This way if it boots and runs I know it is possible to get Debian running with some tweaking. DSL is great for fixing problems when you make an error with the bootloader config, or the like.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

I use freebsd for my desktop, I love it I love the ports package and just like how it feels (i know that sounds strange) and when my laptop finally arrives (Wednesday I hope!) I will install Gentoo on her

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Easy enough. FreeBSD for the mid-level machines. High performance, (when properly tuned), stable, and as secure as you make it. Which is really the case with any unix flavor. Gentoo on the desktops, linux in many desktop related cases has the better support, although not always. Solaris on the servers, mostly for network buffer/throughput purposes, but as I'm sure many know Solaris has many other benefits. Too numerous to list here.

0

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

NetBSD doesn't really do any security auditing, and apart from elad efrat (who has recently quit the netbsd project) nobody is really looking at security in netbsd; so for security purposes, I prefer openbsd.